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A street art treasure hunt in London's Shoreditchhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/apr/20/street-art-treasure-hunt-london-shoreditch
Turn detective in London's East End, following texted clues on a street art hunt around Shoreditch<br /><br /><strong>Download our exclusive </strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/apr/20/exclusive-east-end-street-hunt-london" title=""><strong>Guardian East End street hunt</strong></a> <br /><strong>Part of our </strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/london-city-guide" title=""><strong>interactive London city guide</strong></a><p>"Congratulations, you have completed the hunt! Time before penalties: two hours two minutes. Total time including penalties: six hours two minutes."</p><p>With virtually no competitive streak and no sense of direction, I'm probably the last person you'd want with you on a treasure hunt. This time though, we are following a series of clues on the Shoreditch Street Art Trail in London, and I'm team captain, a fact reflected in our final score. I scroll down (and down) the leader board and find that the winning team completed the challenge in 49 minutes …</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/apr/20/street-art-treasure-hunt-london-shoreditch">Continue reading...</a>London holidaysStreet artTravelCultural tripsUnited Kingdom holidaysEurope holidaysArtArt and designOlympic Games 2012England holidaysOlympic GamesFri, 20 Apr 2012 09:39:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/apr/20/street-art-treasure-hunt-london-shoreditchPhotograph: Eric Nathan/AlamyGo on the hunt for street art in the East End of London. Photograph: Eric Nathan/AlamyPhotograph: Eric Nathan/AlamyGo on the hunt for street art in the East End of London. Photograph: Eric Nathan/AlamyNell Card2012-04-20T09:39:00Z10 of the best arts venues in south Londonhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/06/top-10-arts-south-london
<strong>Kate Abbott</strong>, commissioning arts editor for the Guardian, selects the capital's best arts venues south of the river, from a cinema museum to vast chambers under the streets of Bermondsey<br />• <strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/london-city-guide">As featured in our London city guide</a></strong><p>The dank, atmospheric tunnels under Waterloo station were discovered by director Hamish Jenkinson when he took a wrong turn at Banksy's <a href="http://pinewooddesign.co.uk/2008/05/04/the-cans-festival-banksy-street-exhibition/" title="">Cans Festival</a>, kicked down a mystery door and trespassed into this epic space that had been unaired and unexplored for 20 years. He has since replicated that sense of magical discovery for punters, with a rich programme that began with <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/may/08/tunnel-288-punchdrunk-art-project" title="">228</a>, a Punchdrunk collaboration. Subsequent projects have included visitors being wheeled in on gurneys for <a href="http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whatson.php?id=74" title="">Cart Macabre</a>, and Steve Lazarides's <a href="http://londonist.com/2010/09/preview_hells_half_acre_old_vic_tun.php" title="">Hell's Halfacre</a> extravaganza. This year will see the pitch-black space become a minotaur's lair. Outside, it's still a graffiti tunnel, preserved just how Banksy would want it to be.<br>• <em>Station Road Approach SE1, </em><a href="http://www.oldvictunnels.com" title=""><em>oldvictunnels.com</em></a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/06/top-10-arts-south-london">Continue reading...</a>London holidaysCultural tripsArtArt and designCity breaksTravelTop 10sEngland holidaysThu, 05 May 2011 23:33:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/06/top-10-arts-south-londonPhotograph: PRGoing underground ... the Old Vic Tunnels, Waterloo, LondonPhotograph: PRGoing underground ... the Old Vic Tunnels, Waterloo, LondonKate Abbott2011-05-05T23:33:00Z10 of the best arts venues in north Londonhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/06/top-10-arts-north-london
<strong>Kate Abbott</strong>, commissioning arts editor for the Guardian, picks London's most interesting arts venues north of the river, from an old coffin repository to an artists' haven<br />• <strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/london-city-guide">As featured in our London city guide</a></strong><p>You never know what to expect at the original east London gallery. Since 1901, it has shown modern artists from Barbara Hepworth to Nan Goldin, Jackson Pollock and David Hockney. Famously, the Whitechapel is the only British space to have exhibited Picasso's Guernica, and it continues to champion challenging contemporary artists. It recently expanded into the Passmore Edwards library next door, which has a year-round free exhibition to tempt even more heads to peek through the doors. Once you've eaten up all the delights inside, pop around the corner and wander up Brick Lane to <a href="http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/story-deli-greater-london-2" title="">Story Deli</a> for pizza served on driftwood slabs and street-side hipster-watching.<br>• <em>77-82 Whitechapel High Street E1, +44 (0)20-7522 7888, </em><a href="http://www.whitechapelgallery.org" title=""><em>whitechapelgallery.org</em></a><em>, open Tues-Sun 11am-6pm, Thurs 11am-9pm</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/06/top-10-arts-north-london">Continue reading...</a>London holidaysCultural tripsCity breaksUnited Kingdom holidaysArt and designArtTravelTop 10sEngland holidaysThu, 05 May 2011 23:31:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/06/top-10-arts-north-londonPhotograph: Linda Nylind/GuardianEast End champion ... Whitechapel Gallery, London. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the GuardianPhotograph: Linda Nylind/GuardianEast End champion ... Whitechapel Gallery, London. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the GuardianKate Abbott2011-05-05T23:31:00Z